About this project

Echoes of Aeons is an Action RPG, focused on beautiful art, a stunningly composed soundtrack, an awesome storyline, and of course fun and engaging combat. Think along the lines of The Legend of Mana, and Final Fantasy, but with a more modern twist. It will be released on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC.

The game will follow Eldric, a young man that was orphaned in his youth, who unknown to himself, is one of the Descended; and Rin the daughter Heir to the throne of Lusec, a peaceful nation on the brink of war due to lies and treachery. As they get thrown into the chaos that is brewing in Terra, their fates eventually cross, and they must overcome all obstacles as they learn who is really pulling the strings in their world - that the fate of not only Terra, but of an unknown world lost to the ages, is riding on their shoulders.

Get lost in the rich lore of the worlds and watch the story unfold through cut-scenes, a cast of unlikely heroes, and the wonderful emotion driven soundtrack!

EoA is being developed by our Team at Alchimia Studios as our debut game. We are currently a small but professional and dedicated team (that we hope to grow), who are both gamers and developers.

"Anyone can say something is unique, revolutionary, and will pull at your heartstrings, but not everyone has something to show for it. Just take a look at the beautiful imagery. It looks like something you can hang on your wall, or use as a wallpaper on your computer." -GOCritic

"The dev wants it to be a looker, too. Instead of just clogging up the various app stores with another pixel-art RPG..." -Pocketgamer

"For you melee fighters out there this isn’t just your basic swing strike bull$h!t, load up your strikes in the order you like to create your custom combos. Stacking and weaving spells/runes in ways I can only guess..." -NonFictionGaming

The art direction in EoA (Echoes of Aeons) is one of a kind, Instead of taking a pixel art approach, we decided to embrace the power of today's high resolution monitors, especially for the tablet and mobile markets. A digital hand painted RPG
of this level and magnitude for mobile markets has rarely been done before by an independent studio.

The artwork for the game is being headed by professional artists and game designers Jordan Kratochvil and Joshua Kratochvil.

They have been creating awesome technologies and techniques to bring this game to the next level. Things like Depth of Field, Dynamic Perspective in 2D space, Roto-scoped Animations, Parallaxing Backgrounds, and a Plethora of particles to name a few.

Concept and Production Art -

Here is an example of some game assets. The first being a small shot of a city you visit called Qworth, the second of a race known as the "Qworthians" who inhabit this city. When assembled in the game engine alongside with animations, particles, NPC's, monsters, treasure chests, and more, they bring to life on your gaming device the living breathing world that is Echoes of Aeons.

Animation -

For the animation in EoA we are using a combination of a couple of different techniques and styles. We are using digital cutout, as well as hand painted frame by frame animation. We really wanted to bring the dual worlds of Terra and Insomnium found in the Echoes of Aeons Universe to life, with everything moving, and lots of cool lighting effects, critters, and particles. For all of the character animations we are using a 2d motion capture technique called Roto-scoping. This will enable us to bring the characters to life and really bring out the bad-ass in the battle animations.

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The OST Score for Echoes of Aeons is being
composed by 30 year music industry veteran Thom Sequoia. The full soundtrack featuring over 60 in game music tracks, and possibly two other albums - one featuring 10-12 pieces for piano , and another featuring guitar compositions, will be available for purchase in iTunes, and on other digital media sites ( and of course DRM free to Kickstarter backers). There is also a special pre-OST release for Kickstarter CD available on Sept. 1, 2012 including 15 tracks (see Pledge level $15).

Here is a few music tracks from the game:

Track 1: Alchemica (Echoes Of Aeons OST)

Track 2: Pubbly Oogly Ubbly (Echoes Of Aeons OST)

Track 3: Beledi Selam (Echoes Of Aeons OST)

Track 4: Descended (Echoes Of Aeons OST)

The stylings for the music in the game range from melodic or reflective piano and guitar pieces for emotional character memories, dreams, and cut scene dialogues - to fast paced rock anthems for battles - and full on orchestrations for main character themes and in-game city themes, as well as for epic boss battles. Many styles like mediterranean, oriental, medieval renaissance, and more have found there way into the wide range of cultures found in the dual worlds of Terra and Insomnium in Echoes of Aeons. Guitar tapping, finger-style, and pick hybrid styles are also present. The music of the game is high level art at it's finest.

The
soundtrack is being recorded both in Thom's project studio, using a wide mix
of both live instruments, sampled instruments, midi, and sfx - as well as
some portions recorded in professional recording studios (part of the cost we hope will be defrayed with kickstarter funding). Roland keyboards and sound panels, Taylor and Guild guitars, Steinway Concert Grand piano, Digitech pedals, Pro Tools, and Garage Band, are some of the equipment and instruments being utilized for EoA.

Music influences range from Final Fantasy's Nobuo
Uematsu and Hitoshi Sakimoto, to Chrono Cross' Yasunori Mitsuda; Game Music influences from games like Chrono Cross, WoW,
Skyrim, Final Fantasy, and Castlevania; Movie scores by John Williams, and Brian Eno; New Age music from such greats as
Yanni, Enya, David Arkenstone, and Nicholas Gunn; and rock greats like Blind
Guardian, Styx, Dream Theatre, and Rush.

Thom has also owned AcoustiHouse, a concert production business for 15 years, as well
as worked in radio. As a result, he has numerous connections to premiere
independent instrumentalists, songwriters, bands, and touring artists
from all genre's. Several tracks in the game look to feature some great
independent contributors. These will be announced soon (think Indie
Metal Band, EoA Game Orchestra, and nationally recognized Pop Rock, Concert Violinists, Harp and Flute, Lead Electric Guitarist, and Folk Americana artists).

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Echoes of Aeons will feature a massive world with lots of cities and stunning lands, strung together by an epic storyline, with over 20 hours of gameplay. Gone are the pointless gathering quests, and mind numbing slay X amount of mobs. We are going back to the days of classic RPG storytelling such as the Final Fantasy games, but throwing in our own modern twist to keep it well paced and fresh. While the game is mostly linear, there will be a plethora of side quests and areas to explore as you progress through the game. We are only in pre-alpha and the gameplay still has plenty of modifications that are going to implemented.

Combat: For EoA we wanted to combine the older and newer styles of
RPG’s to bring you an epic experience. Remember how crazy the spells could get
from old turn based rpgs? They were awesome. But while
it is a tried and true system it is can be repetitive and daunting at times. How about the newer generation of KRPG’s and
action RPG’s? Sure they are intense, and the melee is always great fun. But what
about the grinding, oh the painful grinding!

With Echoes of Aeons our goal is to bring the best of both
worlds together. You will have the choice to go a more melee, a more caster, or an overall
balanced route with your skill-set. While our game isan action RPG, with a comprehensive melee system, it is notfocused around grinding endless
waves/spawns of mobs.

The battles are going to be strategic, we want you to play adaptively to the situation. This is especially true with our bosses, which use multiple phases, with various abilities and even some interactive/destructible environments which you can use to hide behind or use to your advantage in other ways. Your decision making matters. But don't worry, we’re shooting for the perfect balance of difficulty here so it remains fun.

Features:

- Combo slot system that allows you to allocate melee attacks you learn into your own unique order of execution.

- Elemental rune system that will unlock more powerful spells during combat by stacking and weaving spells and runes.

Crafting:The crafting system in EoA is going to use a combination of gathering, enemy drops, and purchased items. Using materials such as herbs, gemstones, and ores imbued with the Aeonic power, these items can be combined at a forge to give you “power stones” which your character can equip for cool stat bonuses and abilities. We are planning on having an extensive amount of possible crafted items, plenty of hidden ingredients, awesome boss drops, and possibly even more crafting skills.

Character Dialogue & In-Game Story: The dialogue will be well paced and positioned within the game, so you have a great balance of gameplay and story. We don't want to give away too much of the actual plot yet. I will say it involves conflicts of nations, heart wrenching love, rich and unique cultures, multiple worlds, and some pretty powerful and dangerous forces entwined into the fate of everything.

Weapons: We all love a huge sword or epic bow to slice and dice our foes with, and we want to bring that to you with our game. Weapons will be an essential part of the game, and they will all have unique hand painted graphics.

A long time ago, in a faraway galaxy... Oh crap,
that ones been used already! No wait..."My son, the day you were born,
the very forests of Lorderon, whispered the name.."
ummm...LichKing...ummmm...and then Zidane met Princess Garnet.....damn!

Alright, seriously...

Echoes of Aeons Story:

It was morning.

Eldric awoke - startled awake - but not sure what had startled him.

Then he remembered..."Damn! Not that stupid dream again!" The dreams
had been getting more frequent. But he always seemed to wake up just as
he got to the part of understanding what the stupid dream was supposed
to be telling him. But today was different. Today, he had gone further into the dream than before.

Why am I always late?
Eldric threw himself out of bed, dunked his head into the water basin,
and quickly threw on his clothes. He needed to get to work. To the
forge and the smithy.

He ran across the field to the blacksmith shop door, and flung it open. "Get the fires stoked nice and hot, Eldric", Smithy Geor always chided. "Get 'em glowing orange and red like the very fires of hell!" Geor would always say with that booming laugh. Well today he would do just that.

Eldric entered the shop unaware of the eyes watching him from just beyond the pumpkin field fence, just into the morning trees in the forest of Westwood.

He was unaware that while he had slept, the small adamantium crystal given to him in his youth by his parents the day they disappeared, had been glowing on the leather cord tied around his neck.

Unaware of the war brewing between the kingdoms; of a King and his daughter's disagreement; of the shadows beginning to creep across the land - unaware that the stories being told of strange dark creatures beginning to appear seemingly from nowhere, and attacking innocent townsfolk across the rural lands might actually be more than just tall tales told beside a campfire to scare friends.

But unawareness could stop you dead in your tracks from things you thought weren't even real. Unawareness could even hang the fate of the worlds upon your shoulders - if you weren't careful - without you even knowing it.

Unawareness could kill you in a bloody heartbeat.

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The game will follow Eldric, a young man that was orphaned in his youth, who unknown to himself, is one of the Descended; and Rin the daughter Heir to the throne of Lusec, a peaceful nation on the brink of war due to lies and treachery. As they get thrown into the chaos that is brewing in Terra, their fates eventually cross, and they must overcome all obstacles as they learn who is really pulling the strings in their world - that the fate of not only Terra, but of an unknown world lost to the ages, is riding on their shoulders.

Get lost in the rich lore of the worlds and watch the story unfold through cut-scenes, a cast of unlikely heroes, and the wonderful emotion driven soundtrack!

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Joshua Kratochvil:

Joshua is a professional artist and illustrator who started honing his skills in the game industry doing freelance work for card and video games. His work can be seen in games such as Shadow Era and other upcoming titles. Josh is one of the Founders of Alchimia Studios.

Other duties for the game include creating Concept art, Game art, Animations, Particles, Story idea contributions and world mapping, Systems Design, and Game Logic. More work can be found from him here: CGHub Profile

He is the CEO/owner of AcoustiHouse Concert Productions, and 7th Revolution Marketing, and has worked professionally in the media, music, marketing, and retail industries.

Duties for the game include Music Composer, Music director, Storyline and Main dialogue scripting, and Marketing Director.

Jordan Kratochvil:

Jordan is currently an IT manager and Digital Media specialist at Utah Valley University. He studied Animation and Digital media at UVU as well as attending the Atelier “TAD” run by conceptart.org. He is well versed in the traditional art media, but prefers digital painting. After honing his skills in Academia, he and his brother Joshua Kratochvil decided to go through with their dreams of creating RPG’s and founded Alchimia Studios. You can check out some of his work at http://kaydel.cghub.com/

About a year ago Josh and I (Jordan) decided it was time to finally go through with our dreams of making awesome games, especially RPGs. So we created Alchimia Studios, with Echoes Of Aeons to be our Debut game. We are both professional Artists and come from an IT background, we have been working on Echoes of Aeons for almost 9 months now full time and have a lot of the games levels and art created.

We have been able to take the game to a point in production where we are comfortable showing it to you, but we have a lot more to bring you still. A ton of time, talent, and personal financial investment have got us this far. But we still have many more systems to implement and a huge list of things to get done. Not only do we want to improve the current systems, but implementing things like multiple crafting options, extra areas, more music, and fine tuning every aspect. You've seen only a fraction of the art, levels, music, and systems we have planned.

In order to accomplish all of these things we need more talent (Programmers!) to add to our team, equipment for testing and developing on, cameras and recording equipment to improve our animation techniques, Copyrights, legal fees, live Orchestration of a couple of songs from a full size Orchestra, and other various costs involved in producing a game of this magnitude. This is why we need your help. it will have required well over a year and a half worth of work and development from our team by the end of this journey, and we are proud to have your support in the process. Even if you can not donate, please help us out and spread the word to your friends and family!

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One of the coolest things about kickstarter, is the reward tiers. We love the fact that when we donate to a project, we can take home a piece of history or leave an impact on the project in some way.

We kept this in mind when we set up the rewards for our own project. We really wanted to bring some amazing collectors items that will only be available through kickstarter. We also have a ton of awesome digital rewards. Some of the most awesome pledge levels are the design oriented tiers, where you actually get to be part of the designing of the game, or be in the game itself as a character - for those of you that would like to leave their mark in history on our debut game.

Please take a look at our rewards chart for more clarification of what levels give what rewards: REWARDS CHART

NOTE: These are not necessarily representational of the final products.

Digital Rewards:

These are the in-game items you'll receive.

Buttons

Who doesn't love buttons? You will be able to choose the image on the button from our art section on our website (It will be huge when the time comes to choose) $20+

Art Decals

High quality Art Decals. $65+

T-shirt or Mousepad:

This can be any art piece of your choice from our selection of art or just the logo. $90+

The Stein:

Who doesn't love sitting back playing their favorite game with a ice cold stein of ale? Choose between your favorite in-game tavern logos. You also get an in-game stein to match your real one! $225+

Hardcover Artbook:

We don't want to make just any old art book. We plan on making this hardcover, high quality, with full design layouts and of course plenty of content. $330+

High Quality Art Print:

Your choice of art, hand framed, matted, and signed. $400+

Custom Engraved 8GB USB Flash Drive:

This Flash drive will be loaded with the Digital Artbook, the Uncompressed CD Quality Original Sound Track, and a unique Piece of Art, and maybe some other digital things. $500+

Final Notes:

We are excited at the prospects presented to the gaming community to participate in group source funding, and hope our art, music, storytelling, and game-play, will prove popular to gaming enthusiasts the world over.

We know with your help and funding we can bring on the additional talent needed and cover the costs of bringing this game into reality. We will push as hard as we can to bring an outstanding level of completion and will work with you the community to take it to new heights.

Your Kickstarter fan interaction is helping us hugely to complete the game and getting it out there for all to play! It would not be possible without you. Thanks game pledger's - You rock!

We are asking that international backers provide an additional $5 USD for any Reward Level $150 and below. For the Physical rewards above $150 we ask that you provide an additional $25 USD. Feel free to contact us with any additional questions!

Our game engine does not currently support this. We are working with them to see if additional platforms are possible, but at this time we don't have any word. Coming from an IT background I can understand the want for some good Linux games and it's something we will continue looking into for solutions.

Rewards

Pledge $5 or more

Pledge $10 or more

Receive a pre-purchase GAME COPY for iOS, Android, Mac, or PC. You will also receive a thank you email from the creators of the game.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $15 or more

14 backers

MUSIC LOVER'S PRE-OST!

Don't want to wait for all 60+ tracks of The Original Soundtrack (OST) to come out in 6 - 8 months? No Problem! Get This special release "Echoes of Aeons - OST - Kickstarter Special Preview Edition" CD, with 15 original tracks. (Only available in digital download). Album preview update event will be coming soon. Stay tuned to the kickstarter update posts. Digital CD will be available for digital download on Sept 1, 2012 - just a few weeks after our Kickstarter project finalizes. Also includes previous pledge level of pre-purchase game copy.(Game copy not avail. till Feb. 2013)

Estimated delivery:Sep 2012

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Pledge $20 or more

4 backers

Includes all previous pledge levels

PLUS: This is the first level of physical rewards! You will receive a EoA button with our logo. Plus previous rewards. See our rewards section for more information and a mockup.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $25 or more

1 backer

Includes all previous pledge levels

PLUS: In game weapon set “Dragonsbane”. This set includes unique weapons for both of the main characters (a set of in-game daggers and a sword).

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $28 or more

79 backers
Limited (121 left of 200)

SPECIAL!!!! EARLY PLEDGER EDITION - this is the same as the $50 level. Includes digital deluxe edition of the soundtrack and the digital art book (pdf). And to make this reward level even better, your name as a pledger goes in the credits! (Also Includes all previous pledge level rewards)

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $30 or more

1 backer

Includes all previous pledge levels

PLUS: In game item "Dragon's Tear". This is an equipable item that will give you awesome stat/buff bonuses. If you have this equipped and the Dragonsbane weapons you will receive an awesome set bonus! (scales with level)

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $35 or more

6 backers

Includes all previous pledge level rewards ....
PLUS: In game pet "Red Dragon Whelpling". He'll follow you anywhere and gives you a 3 piece set bonus when equipped with previous rewards (scales with level).

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $40 or more

1 backer

THE MUSIC LOVERS DELUXE EDITION

Includes a digital copy of the soundtrack with over 60 in game songs. Also Includes all previous pledge level rewards as well.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $50 or more

10 backers

THE DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION

This is the one you've been waiting for - Includes digital deluxe edition of the soundtrack and the digital art book (pdf). And to make this reward level even better, your name as a pledger goes in the credits! (Also Includes all previous pledge level rewards)

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $65 or more

1 backer

Includes all previous pledge levels

PLUS: This is the second level of physical rewards! Receive a set of high quality art decals, includes The logo and a bunch of our concept/game art! Plus previous rewards. See our rewards section for more information and a mockup.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $100 or more

3 backers

Includes all previous pledge levels rewards

PLUS: The third level of our physical rewards is meant for the T-shirt or mousepad collectors out there (you know who you are). You get your choice of T-shirt from 2 designs (you can choose to have it signed or not) OR an EoA Mousepad (only choose one). We will contact you for sizing and color/design. (Does not stack with $150 level, no matter how high you go (except 10k), see chart)

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $150 or more

0 backers

Includes all previous pledge levels rewards (minus the $100 level)

PLUS: The fourth level of our physical rewards is meant for the T-shirt AND mousepad collectors out there (you know who you are). You get your choice of T-shirt from 2 designs (you can choose to have it signed or not) AND an EoA Mousepad. We will contact you for size and color/design.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $225 or more

2 backers

THE STEIN

Includes all previous pledge levels rewards

PLUS: Who doesn't enjoy sitting back and playing a good game with a stein of ice cold ale? Choose from Two designs from in-game taverns, you also get the stein in the game as well!

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $330 or more

2 backers

THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION

This reward includes a copy of the Hard cover art book and a hard copy of the deluxe soundtrack. Signed by the entire team. Plus it Includes all previous pledge levels. (See our rewards section for more information.)

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $400 or more

0 backers
Limited (100 left of 100)

Includes all previous pledge levels

PLUS: Beautifully framed and signed LIMITED EDITION PRINTS. See our rewards section for more information.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $500 or more

2 backers
Limited (148 left of 150)

THE BIG 500!

Includes all previous pledge level rewards ....
THAT MEANS everything so far listed, including Music Lovers Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, In game equipment and gear, physical rewards, The Collecters Edition

PLUS: Custom Engraved 8GB USB Flash Drive:
This Flash drive will be loaded with the Digital Artbook, the Uncompressed CD Quality Original Sound Track, and a unique Piece of Art, and other digital items.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $650 or more

0 backers
Limited (20 left of 20)

HEY YOU, NPC!

This one is cool - you get to have a minor NPC named after you - or named to something of your choice ( cannot be inappropriate). Plus all previous pledge level rewards.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $750 or more

0 backers
Limited (10 left of 10)

HELLO MAJOR

Have a major NPC named after you or named to something of your choice ( cannot be inappropriate). Plus all previous pledge level rewards (does not include minor npc naming).

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $1,000 or more

1 backer
Limited (9 left of 10)

HAND DRAWN SKETCH

Get an original hand drawn and signed sketch from one of our Lead Artists. Plus all previous levels except: (Does not include major/minor NPC)

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $1,500 or more

0 backers
Limited (15 left of 15)

PROP OR ITEM!

Die hard gamers and awesome pledgers - We will work with you to help you create a prop/decoration, or other item of your choice that will appear in the game! You will be thanked in the credits, and be listed as a contributing game designer. Includes all previous rewards. (You also get to help name the chosen in-game asset item you helped create only, does not stack with minor or major npc naming reward or hand drawn sketch).

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $3,000 or more

0 backers
Limited (10 left of 10)

WEAPONS MASTER!

Ahem. Excuse me? Are you a weapons Master? Well with this awesome level, you get to help name and create a weapon of your choice that will appear in the game! You will be thanked in the credits, and be listed as a contributing game designer. Includes all previous rewards....of course. (You also get to help name the chosen in-game asset item you helped create only, does not stack with major or minor npc naming levels)

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $5,000 or more

0 backers
Limited (4 left of 4)

PRODUCER ON THE SET!

Includes all the crazy previous pledge levels ... PLUS: You as a contributing Producer: Help create a creature, item, or NPC in every aspect. Help design the story/lore and quest around them and work with us to create the graphics. (Contact us before donating to this level.)

eoa@alchimiastudios.com (Does not include creating a weapon)

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

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Pledge $10,000

0 backers
Limited (2 left of 2)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

The very best of the best - Includes all previous pledge level rewards - including being able to work directly with us to create the look, feel, inhabitants, and lore of an entire zone! (multiple areas per zone). And an exclusive signed sketch from our artists of whatever you want us to draw. And you also can attend our launch party as a VIP! (must be able to pay for travel expenses). Contact us before donating to this level. This one also includes all of the naming levels. See rewards chart.

Estimated delivery:Feb 2013

Funding period

Jul 12, 2012 - Aug 17, 2012
(35 days)

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